Preaching Eugenics Religious Leaders and the American Eugenics Movement

Name: Preaching Eugenics Religious Leaders and the American Eugenics Movement
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ISBN: 9780195156799

ISBN-10: 019515679X

ISBN-13: 9780195156799

Edition: 2003

Authors: Christine Rosen

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With our success in mapping the human genome, the possibility of altering our genetic futures has given rise to difficult ethical questions. Although opponents of genetic manipulation frequently raise the specter of eugenics, our contemporary debates about bioethics often take place in a historical vacuum. In fact, American religious leaders raised similarly challenging ethical questions in the first half of the twentieth century. Preaching Eugenics tells how Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish leaders confronted and, in many cases, enthusiastically embraced eugenics-a movement that embodied progressive attitudes about modern science at the time. Christine Rosen argues that religious leaders…

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List price: $84.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/4/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 296
Size: 9.21" wide x 6.30" long x 1.18" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Preaching Eugenics


Introduction



Fervent Charity



Certifying Eugenic Purity in the Churches



Protestant Promoters and Jewish Eugenics



Eugenicists Discover Jesus



Sterilization, Birth Control, and the Catholic Confrontation with Eugenics



Twilight Converts


Conclusion


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index